Children's Social Work Lead

3 weeks ago


Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full time
Job Title: Children's Social Work Independent Reviewing Officer

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd, a leading recruitment agency, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Independent Reviewing Officer/CP Chair to join their team on a permanent basis in Windsor & Maidenhead.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a professional with extensive knowledge of practice, theory, and legislation to provide leadership and support to colleagues and other professionals in complex situations. The successful candidate will be responsible for modelling effective assessment and management of risk, providing professional leadership on safeguarding issues, and contributing to organisational change and development.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.
  • Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory, and legislation to enhance practice, procedures, and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.
  • Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations, including positive risk-taking situations.
  • Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.
  • Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are maximised.
  • Manage complaints where required, and verify assessments and authorise when appropriate.
  • Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.
  • Ensure that all staff in the team are adhering to the requirements of data quality legislation.
  • When required, monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding, and resources in accordance with council policies and procedures, or have indirect influence on wider service budget.
Requirements:
  • A social work qualification or equivalent.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.


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